Overview
After completing her bachelors of science degree in biochemistry from the City College of New York (CUNY), Dr. Smith-Hicks entered the Medical Scientist Training Program at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where she obtained her M.D., Ph.D. in 2000. She trained in Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed her Neurology and Pediatric Neurology training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2005. Dr. Smith-Hicks trained as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine under the guidance of Dr. Paul Worley. She joined the faculty at Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2010 where she now sees patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Rett Syndrome, while conducting basic science research exploring disorders of learning and memory.
Dr. Smith is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Rett Syndrome, Ruvalcaba Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 51 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Spasmus Nutans.
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Locations
Department Of Neurology And Neurogenetics, Baltimore, MD 21205
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Smith has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Carl E. Stafstrom is a pediatric neurologist, caring for children with epilepsy. Dr. Stafstrom received his medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, with residencies at the University of Washington Medical Center and Tufts New England Medical Center, as well as fellowships at Harvard for neurology research and Boston Children’s Hospital in clinical neurophysiology, electroencephalography, and epilepsy. Dr. Stafstrom previously served as Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and Chief of Pediatric Neurology at American Family Children’s Hospital at UW Madison. Dr. Stafstrom is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, West Syndrome, Endovascular Embolization, and Deep Brain Stimulation.
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Catherine Chu is the director of the Division of Pediatric Neurology and the John M. Freeman Pediatric Epilepsy Center in the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology, as well as the vice president of child neurology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. As a child neurologist, epileptologist and clinical neurophysiologist, Dr. Chu cares for children diagnosed with epilepsy and disorders of the nervous system (neurophysiology). She specializes in electroencephalogram (also known as EEG) analysis, seizure localization, surgical planning and neuromodulation for adult and pediatric patients with difficult to control epilepsy. She is nationally and internationally recognized for her work identifying causes of and treatment options for cognitive dysfunction and seizures in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Chu’s team specializes in identifying and developing tools to detect and understand brain rhythms that support complex cognitive functions throughout development, including how these rhythms are disrupted by seizures and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Chu earned her medical degree and a master’s degree in social anthropology from Harvard University. She completed an internship in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital, and then a residency in neurology and child neurology at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After completing two fellowships at Massachusetts General, one in epilepsy and another in clinical neurophysiology, Dr. Chu earned a master’s degree in medical science, focused on clinical investigation, from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chu is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, and Epilepsy.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Christina Morris is a Pediatric Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Morris is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Autism Spectrum Disorder, Stereotypic Movement Disorder, Spasmus Nutans, and Aphantasia.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Rett SyndromeDr. Smith isDistinguished. Learn about Rett Syndrome.
- Advanced
- 2q37 Deletion SyndromeDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about 2q37 Deletion Syndrome.
- 47 XYY SyndromeDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about 47 XYY Syndrome.
- Aase SyndromeDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about Aase Syndrome.
- Abruzzo-Erickson SyndromeDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about Abruzzo-Erickson Syndrome.
- Acrodermatitis EnteropathicaDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about Acrodermatitis Enteropathica.
- Acrorenal Mandibular SyndromeDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about Acrorenal Mandibular Syndrome.
- Experienced
- 15q11.2 MicrodeletionDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about 15q11.2 Microdeletion.
- Absence SeizureDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- Achalasia Microcephaly SyndromeDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Achalasia Microcephaly Syndrome.
- AphantasiaDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Aphantasia.
- Aplasia Cutis CongenitaDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Aplasia Cutis Congenita.
- Benign Rolandic EpilepsyDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.